Where does “'u'u” come from?

'u'u ('Are'are) comes from Finnish kuku-, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian kuku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian kuSkuS — nail.

'u'u ('Are'are): finger

Definitions

  1. finger

Ancestry of “'u'u”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuku-—
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiankuku—
3Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiankuku—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankukuhnail
5Proto-AustronesiankuSkuSnail
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kuSkuS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kukuh →Every word from Finnish kuku- →